Where does “alarmklokke” come from?
alarmklokke (Danish) comes from Danish klokke, from Old Norse klokka, from Middle Low German klocke, from Old Saxon *klokka, from Proto-West Germanic *klokkā, from Medieval Latin clocca, from Old Irish cloc, from Proto-Celtic klokkos.
alarmklokke (Danish): alarm clock
Definitions
- alarm clock
Ancestry of “alarmklokke”, step by step
alarmklokke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish klokke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | klokke | bell; time, hour, o'clock; watch |
| 2 | Old Norse | klokka | bell; clock |
| 3 | Middle Low German | klocke | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | *klokka | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *klokkā | bell |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | clocca | bell; travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so... |
| 7 | Old Irish | cloc | bell; clock |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | klokkos | bell |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | klēg- | — |
via Danish alarm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | alarm | alarm |
| 2 | French | alarme | alarm |
| 3 | Italian | all'arme | a command to take up arms and be ready to fight: to arms! |
| 4 | Latin | arma | defensive arms, armor/armour, shields, weapons of... |
| 5 | Late Latin | armistitium | — |
| 6 | Latin | sistere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | stísteh₂ti | to be standing up, to be getting up |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |